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Meredith wanted to reject it, but to keep up her gentle appearance, she accepted Madeline’s gift with a smile. “Thank you.”After that, she pulled on Jeremy’s sleeve. “Jeremy, let’s go in. We shouldn’t keep the other guests waiting.”“Indeed, the two of you head inside first.” Eloise and Sean urged, their expressions full of happiness. “Make use of the happy occasion today and quickly set a date for your marriage.”Meredith smiled shyly at Jeremy. “Jeremy, I can finally marry you and become your bride.”Looking at Meredith’s smiling face, Madeline shot them a gentle smile as well.As they returned to the garden, quite a few gazes fell onto Madeline, all of them trying to guess her status and origin.Sensing all their attention on Madeline, Meredith started to get unhappy.Seeing that Jeremy did not seem to be willing to propose today, Meredith had an unsettled feeling. It would be quite embarrassing if it did not come to pass today.With that in mind, she turned to Eloise and S
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Looking at her attire, she did not seem like a servant of the Montgomeries, and neither did she look like a guest, so who was she?Madeline did not have the chance to think about it. She hurried upstairs when she saw that the woman was wiping away her tears and preparing to leave.Before she could clear the mystery in her head, Madeline heard Meredith’s voice coming from inside one of the rooms.She walked toward the room and stood outside. She did not know how Meredith did it, but she heard her voice shout out in elation, “Jeremy, I’m so happy. Marrying you is my greatest wish in life!”It would seem that Jeremy really was going to propose to Meredith, and they were going to be married quite soon.“I’ll definitely fulfill my promises.” Jeremy’s voice followed, sounding like someone who always kept their promises.Madeline felt like those words were grating against her ears. ‘Jeremy, when have you ever fulfilled your promises to me?‘You destroyed everything that I waited and ho
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Meredith raised her voice. It was probably the first time she had been so hysterical in front of Jeremy.She wildly pulled at Madeline who was in Jeremy’s embrace, shrieking. “Vera Quinn! I knew you didn’t have good intentions. Giving me a present? You’re clearly here to seduce Jeremy!”Madeline was getting quite annoyed with Meredith’s high-pitched voice. If it was not for the fact that she had a plan, she would probably have slapped Meredith.However, Madeline did not do so and instead frowned in mock dizziness. “Miss Crawford, you’re mistaken.”“I’m not mistaken! I saw it with my own eyes! You despicable woman!” As Meredith shouted, she decided to send her palm straight toward Madeline’s face.Smack!Meredith’s palm did not find her target. Instead, it was grabbed firmly by Jeremy.Jeremy’s eyes coldly looked at the hysterical Meredith. “I was just helping her up. Do you have to shout at her like that?” His voice was so cold that Meredith almost cried from hearing it.“Jer
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Even though her eyes were filled with hatred, Meredith still managed to put on her signature mask as she smiled gently.“I’m sorry, Miss Quinn. I just love my fiancé too much and lost my composure for a moment. I hope you don’t mind.”Madeline smiled back. “I can see how much you care for Mr. Whitman. I can understand how you feel. I always get jealous when my boyfriend gets too close to other women as well.”Hearing that, Madeline could feel a subtle change in both Jeremy and Meredith’s gazes.“Miss Quinn, you have a boyfriend?” Meredith somewhat managed to recover a bit of her smile.Madeline laughed gracefully. “Yes.” She nodded softly, pretending to accidentally meet Jeremy’s gaze.Seeing that Jeremy's gaze was still on Madeline, Meredith hurriedly shifted the topic. “So Miss Quinn has a boyfriend. Why don’t you call him over and we can get to know each other.”“He’s temporarily not in Glendale, but I’ll definitely introduce all of you if we have the chance.” Madeline smiled
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Meredith’s voice shook as she said, “Jeremy, don’t go. Where are you going? Our marriage—”“I don’t have the mood today,” Jeremy replied coolly, pulling his hand away from Meredith’s grip.“Jeremy!” Meredith continued to shout, but Jeremy had already left.The Montgomeries and the guests did not understand what they just saw.However, they could clearly see Jeremy’s attitude. He was very obviously frustrated with something.The crowd was suddenly suspicious. Jeremy did not seem to love Meredith as much as the rumors seemed to claim. Otherwise, why did their marriage keep getting delayed? Even today, Jeremy left Meredith just for the simple reason that he was not in the mood.Meredith lifted her dress as she chased after him. She saw that Madeline was walking in front and Jeremy had driven his car next to her, opening the door for Madeline like a gentleman as he invited her in before leaving.Meredith tightly grabbed onto her dress at the sight of the scene, and in her eyes was a
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She smiled coldly. “If that’s the case, then why did you befriend a woman who looks exactly like her? Wouldn’t you be disgusted looking at my face?”Jeremy turned around, looking at Madeline with an alluring gaze. “Miss Vera, your face is beautiful.” Yes, that face was beautiful.Just as beautiful as she was.No, she was just a little bit more beautiful.Her face had a simple and genuine quality, perfect in its serenity.Jeremy looked at the face in front of him as if he was only able to fill his empty heart that way.Suddenly, the phone rang, stopping his admiration. He looked at the screen and wanted to reject it, but he still answered in the end. “What is it?”The breeze was too strong, so Madeline could not hear what was being said on the other end, but she heard Jeremy’s unwilling reply. “I’ll return right now.”Madeline had thought that Jeremy would drop her off on the way, but he did not stop until he reached a familiar street. In the end, the car stopped in front of t
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Jeremy whispered a few words to Madeline before bringing her to Old Master Whitman.Old Master Whitman was already quite old, so his eyesight was not too good. All he could see was Jeremy pulling a long-haired woman over. However, the moment Madeline was in front of him, his eyes widened in disbelief as he gripped his cane and stood up from the sofa.“You… You are… Maddie?” the old man asked in disbelief as his trembling right hand reached out to her, seemingly trying to test if it was an actual ‘human’ in front of him.Madeline looked at his hopeful gaze and could not help but feel sad. However, there was a hint of sweetness within that sadness.There was still someone who cared about her here!She smiled as she reached out to hold the old man’s hands. “Grandpa.”“Are you really Maddie?” the old man asked excitedly.Mrs. Whitman watched by the side with a suspicious gaze.“Grandpa, of course she is,” Jeremy said, helping Madeline answer.Seeing that, Mrs. Whitman’s expression
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Old Master Whitman nodded, casting a meaningful look at Madeline as if he had seen through something.In the car, Jeremy spoke first, “Miss Vera, thank you for fulfilling my unreasonable request.”“Since it’s an unreasonable request, I hope there won’t be a second time,” Madeline said calmly, “Mr. Whitman, you’ve taken up a lot of my time. Could you please send me back immediately? You should also go back and console your fiancé.”Jeremy looked at Madeline and saw that her expression was cold and impatient. He said, “I’m really sorry for taking up your time with your boyfriend. I’ll treat the two of you to a meal next time.” “That’s not necessary. I’m afraid my boyfriend will get jealous.” Madeline rejected.Jeremy did not say anything else and headed back right after sending Madeline to the designated location.Madeline stood next to the busy streets, looking down at her palms.It felt like there was still some warmth in her hands.Grandpa.He actually still remembered her.